The banks of the Moira River

Cinquefoil, a member of the Rose family

Bull Thistle (Composite family)

Daisy Fleabane (Composite family)

Sow Thistle (Composite family)

Jewelweed or Touch-Me-Not (genus Impatiens)

New England Aster (Composite family)

A Flower Spider lurks on Joe-Pye Weed

The common Red-legged Grasshopper (Melanoplus femurrubrum)

Grasshopper nymph (Melanoplus femurrubrum)

White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum) female

White-faced Meadowhawk (Sympetrum obtrusum) male

Spread-winged Damselfly (Lestes sp?)

A Harvestman ... this individual has only six legs. The legs of these distant cousins of spiders (order Opiliones, these arachnids produce no venom or silk) are very easily removed and will continue to move after they are detached ... possibly to attract the attention of a predator while the "daddy longlegs" makes good its escape?

Along the north shore of Stoco Lake ...

Steel Blue Cricket Hunter (Chlorion aerarium) on Narrowleaf Milkweed

Steel Blue Cricket Hunter on Joe-Pye Weed

Viceroy (Limenitis archippus) on Joe-Pye Weed

The males of many species of dragonflies, such as the Widow Skimmer (Libellula luctuosa) in the photo above, develop a white bloom on the wings and abdomen.

A Female Eastern Pondhawk (Erythemis simpliciollis)

A couple of the many local species of meadowhawks (Sympetrum sp.). I'll try to get a more exact identification on these small ubiquitous dragonflies in the near future.